diff --git a/helpers/xclipboardsync/waylandclipboard.cpp b/helpers/xclipboardsync/waylandclipboard.cpp
index fec5643b2c..7702089087 100644
--- a/helpers/xclipboardsync/waylandclipboard.cpp
+++ b/helpers/xclipboardsync/waylandclipboard.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ WaylandClipboard::WaylandClipboard(QObject *parent)
     , m_thread(new QThread)
     , m_connectionThread(new ConnectionThread)
 {
+    m_connectionThread->setSocketFd(qgetenv("WAYLAND_SOCKET").toInt());
     m_connectionThread->moveToThread(m_thread);
     m_thread->start();